Monday, January 12, 2009

Well I spent five full days on Jury Duty. It was an experience to say the least. It was a lot of up and down, in and out, waiting, waiting and more waiting but the time spent in the actual court room was very interesting, very sad and very disturbing. On Friday night around 6:00 p.m. my fellow jurors convicted a man on 3 counts: incest, child molestation and aggravated child molestation. Makes me sick to my stomach! Since it was an open court room a few of us stayed to hear the sentencing ... this man will spend the rest of his life in prison. I have thought a lot about the case since Friday, I can't seem to get it out of my mind. I feel like justice prevailed but it still doesn't take back what the man did to his own young daughter. It amazes me what human beings are capable of.

During all my waiting I was able to read Redeeming Love for my book club. I could not put it down and I finished it in 4 days. I cannot rave enough about Francine Rivers and I encourage every single person to pick up this book. Now I will tell you, I like chick-lit (good-old fashion trash) and I was apprehensive about being able to get in to this book but it is seriously the best book I have ever read. Hands down. I cannot wait for book club on Wednesday to discuss it. It is a wonderful story of forgiveness and Christ's unwavering love. Please, please, please read it! I want to read the book of Hosea before Wednesday .... do you think that is possible? I don't even know how long Hosea is. Anyways, I am definitely going to order The Lineage of Grace series and the Mark of the Lion series also written by Francine Rivers.

Since I did not get out of court until 6 pm on Friday night my mom and I decided to leave for Atlanta on Saturday morning and spend the night on Saturday night. We picked up a couple of great lines and I am excited about sharing them with you all soon! I had the chance to meet up with the lovely Blue-Eyed Bride and that was such a treat!!! We will have to make a tradition out of that BEB and maybe next time we will have more time to visit. :)

Last night the Beau and I went to our first Financial Peace University class at church. It was amazing and we are already completely on-board. I think that this class is going to be so good for both of us spiritually and finacially. I am sure I will be talking a lot about this class so get prepared!

I have taken that class, and it is wonderful!...I wasnt in any debt to begin with but it really teaches you how to manage your money. I totally look at financial situations and purchases differently now. You will get soooo much out of it!....good luck!, I love your blog

i'm so glad you loved redeeming love. it's such an amazing book. i want to read it again and think it would be great for a book club-- discussion should be REQUIRED after reading that book. i just felt like i had to talk to everyone about it, but no one had read it. maybe i'll start that up. :) i'm sure you can read hosea very quickly.

it was such a treat to get to meet you. i'm sorry it was so rushed. could you tell i was having a pregnancy hunger attack? :) we can definitely make it a market tradition. you and your mom were both so beautiful!

Ugh, I prosecute child abuse and neglect cases. It is killer, and seriously one of those jobs that "comes home with you at night". Sorry you had to see that, but congrats on serving your community through jury duty!

Your jury duty would have ripped my heart out! When I did attend college I was a psych major with every intention of counseling young children, but then it dawned on me one day that I would probably end up behind bars for trying to murder someone who had harmed a child in such a way!

Glad to hear the book club recommendation. I just joined a book club for the first time and I have been wondering what book I would choose when it's my turn to host. I will definitely keep this one in mind.

I am ordering this book on Amazon as I type, and can't wait to hear what you and your hubby are doing for the FPU class. My husband and I are trying to follow a similar plan to increase our savings and I love to hear others' tips and strategies! Good luck!

Im new to the blogging! I saw that you read Redeeming Love too! I just finished reading it yesterday! That was a intriguing book! I could not put it down either! I am so glad to hear other women have read this book! I hope a movie producer makes a movie on Redeeming Love!